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Morrisons

Morrisons 1988

Title Morrisons
Date 01 November 1988
Location Guiseley
Photo ID FB106
Comment Park Road or Otley Road? The text with this image is a newspaper cutting “A row of derelict houses in Guiseley near Leeds, which residents say are an ugly eyesore, should soon disappear beneath the bulldozers to make way for a supermarket development which was first planned over 5 years ago.” Photographer Joanne Coultas.
Morrisons c1988

PU213 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons – c1988

View from the area of the Primitive Methodist Chapel looking to the site where Morrison’s would be built, the store opened in 1989.

The green space belonged to the chapel, it and the monument still remain (November 2018).

Donated by Jane Blake.

Morrisons c1988

PU214 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons – c1988

Green space in front of the former Primitive Methodist Chapel. A row of shops with the Job Centre on the 1st floor was built on the Chapel site.

Morrison’s store is adjacent to the garden which now has benches and further planting (November 2018). Donated by Jane Blake.

Morrisons c1988

PU216 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons – c1988

Morrisons c1988

PU217 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons -1988

The car park in the foreground is for Morrison’s store, the Shires factory on Park Road is in the background.

Donated by Jane Blake.

Morrisons c1988

PU218 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons – c1988

View across Otley Road to the site where the store is under construction.

Donated by Jane Blake.

Morrisons c1988

PU219 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons – c1988

Construction work on the store site. To the left is the Shires factory on Park Road.

Donated by Jane Blake.

Morrisons c1988

PU220 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons – c1988

Building work on the store in progress.

Donated by Jane Blake.

Morrisons c1988

PU221 – Morrisons, c1988.

Morrisons – c1988

Construction of the supermarket is underway. The street seen in the centre background is Hawkhill Avenue. The row of terrace houses on the right face onto Victoria Road.

Donated by Jane Blake.

Consolidated by Linda Plonka. 28 February 2022.
Last updated: 02 March 2022.

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